Summary

Chapter 27 is titled “Lucien de Saint-Honore.” Friar Lucien is spending the night in a convent, and he has an erotic dream about Dolssa. He is terrified when he wakes, but relieved that it was a dream. He believes that Dolssa is a symbol of “all that would ruin Christendom” (200).

Chapter 28 is “Prior Pons de Saint-Gilles.” The prior attends a service conducted by Bishop Raimon de Fauga. Raimon joins the prior on a bench in the church, though sitting there hurts his back terribly. The prior finds it odd that Hugo and Lucien are searching for Dolssa, and that neither has found her.

Chapter 29 is “Dolssa.” Dolssa realizes that Botille was correct when she called Dolssa a weak child. She also realizes that Jesus has sent people to help her. She accepts that the rank is not as important as whether a person is...